Originally Posted by bookslover

Yeah, it seems as if John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews, and Revelation get most of the attention in public worship. A Christian who faithfully attends worship for many years may get 2 or 3 trips through John in a 20 or 30 year span, but will probably never hear a verse-by-verse exposition of, say, James. So much for preaching "the whole counsel of God."

Whenever a church gets a new pastor, it's almost stereotypical of him to begin his ministry by preaching through the Gospel of John. It's practically a law...

By the way, since you're going through 1 Peter, I hope you're being exposed to Robert Leighton's commentary from the 17th century. It's his sermons from the book, originally preached in the 1630s. John Brown, in his 19th-century commentary, freely admits that he used Leighton's work as his main inspiration and guide.